Unrequited Love (A Fictional Tale)

It's a cheesy girly title. I know. But I started to think about it, and I have a few thoughts.

There was an article not long ago about what happened to dating in college. And I believe it was dead on. I go to the number one party school and I do love my nights out. But my nights out consist of going with a good group of friends (guys or girls), and we have some fun and we go home. None of us go for finding a one night stand. None of us are the kind to make out with a random person in a bar.

Then you turn around and you see what college is dominated by. A series of one night stands and random make outs with people in bars. Using Tinder to find bliss and affirmation. A series of steps that make you depart from commitment and reality in an escapade that leaves you wanting more, because the thing that you think you want. You think momentary bliss from flitting experiences will leave you happy. Then when you crave more, you realize it's not the experience you want. It's the experience you're running away from that you want.

Welcome. You've met reality.

Meeting reality means building walls. You create a barrier so no one else understands your reality. You stay behind the facade with stories and maintaining the same frivolous experiences. You're happy because you think you're living the life that you want.

What happens when you meet your match? What happens when your boundaries no longer remain, and your walls are translucent? What happens when fairytales seem to be your present reality? What do you when cynicism dominates and tells you your happiness will be fleeting? What happens when you realize what you want to be as tangental as all the other times?

Unrequited love. The thing you're receiving after you meet reality. The moment when you sit there and hear all the thoughts you wonder if anyone will ever say to you again, yet leave you breathless as they hang in the dense air. Leave you staring into a blank abyss. Seeing stars and tunnel vision as the world comes to you.

So what now? It's the age old question. It's the question you've dreamed of since the first time your heart was shattered like a beer bottle on a wall after a party. The answer? Does anyone know?

Acceptance. That things change. That people are who they say they are. That happiness does exist. That you can trust someone. That there is a new life waiting if you simply walk away from the cliff you cling to as your salvation.

And that is the tale of unrequited love. That moment when you are pulled back from the cliff you hang off of with jagged edges as your salvation and safety net.

But then again, what more is unrequited love than a fictional tale?

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